Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar on Tuesday said that the officials concerned were reviewing the by-laws of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), the Punjab Housing & Town Planning Agency (PHATA), and other provincial bodies for making amendments in these regulations to facilitate the development of the Naya Pakistan Housing Programme (NPHP) in the province.
He expressed his views on the matter during a meeting held to review progress on the implementation of the NPHP project in the province. He said that the proposed changes to the building by-laws would encourage the developers and builders to play their role in the development of the affordable housing scheme.
He said that the construction of 2.5 million housing units in Punjab under the NPHP initiative could only be achieved by taking the private sector on board. To facilitate this measure, Punjab Minister for Housing & Urban Development Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed had recently announced the establishment of a new Public-Private Partnership Authority.
CM Buzdar assured the private sector that the provincial government would extend every possible assistance and incentives to the stakeholders involved for achieving the target of the NPHP project. He added, that the executive would develop the low-cost housing process in consultation with the private sector, as well as ensure quality constructions in this social housing pursuit.
